1. بنَفْسي حالِكٌ شِبْهُ السُّوَيْدا

    لذَلِكَ ما يَحِنُّ لهُ الفُؤادُ

    My life for a pitch-dark one, like the heart’s black core!

    That is why the heart indeed longs for him.

  2. أُطيلُ لهُ الْتِفاتي والتِماحي

    لأنّ العَيْنَ ينْفَعُها السّوادُ

    I look his way and cast him glances at length,

    For blackness benefits the eye.